No question of closing down Integral Coach Factory, says Piyush Goyal

Minister hails the organisation for the Vande Bharat Express, India's first indigenously made semi-high-speed train

The Ministry of Railways has said that it doesn't intend to close the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai.

Responding to DMK Member P Wilson's question on whether there is any such proposal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal said, there is no question of closing the ICF.

"We are very proud of the achievements of the ICF. Theire engineers and their workers made Vande Bharat, the first semi-high-speed train that India has ever made in 168-year Railway history. It is a jewel in the crown and there is every effort to grow, expand and modernise that company."